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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6945,Lat: 37.1229
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	18:05:50pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lagos
Name	Lagos (São Sebastião e Santa Maria)
Other place with same name 1	Portelas Continente - Viana do Castelo
Other place with same name 2	Portelas Continente - Porto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chinicato	2.2 km	East
2 Montes Juntos	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Lagos	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Pedra Alçada	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Meia Praia	3.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	182 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	322 km	EastSouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	564 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Bravura (3.6 km² at a height of around 83 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.8 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 113 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 158 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 88%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 67 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 10 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.6 km2

6.4%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

50.9 km2

71.7%

Viticulture

1 km2

1.5%

Urban area

11.1 km2

15.6%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Portelas in country Portugal

Portelas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	173 km	NorthEast
2 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	181 km	North
3 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	196 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Costa Sudoeste	PT	3.2 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lagos (São Sebastião)

Type of weather in Lagos (São Sebastião)	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	10 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	08:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:21 Europe/Amsterdam